Dirtnap, Page 180
Well. There it is– the wrap-up! This was all a giant experiment for me. I had never written a longform comic.
If I now turn it into a printed edition, there are things I want to go back and change. It probably gets too wordy in the middle. Some characters are what I would consider “off model” visually in the first third or so.
Also, times have changed since I first wrote the rough draft for this. I now feel I need to soften the “freaks” aspect, and have Dirtnap have a stronger arc of disrespect-to-respect. I wrote this for the “kid me” and I was fascinated by freak shows and such. Now that it’s done, I need to think about the “grown-up me.”
If you have thoughts on the overall story, or weak aspects, I would LOVE to hear them!
Thanks for coming along for the ride.
Kerry
Kerry:
Thanks very much for sharing your work so generously. Her third “your” is misspelled.
Love,
Gabriel
Oh no! I can’t believe I did that! I got in a hurry in the homestretch perhaps. Thanks for letting me know! Fixed.
I enjoyed that story. Thanks!
You’re welcome. I love that it kept me drawing for a few years.
And Omar in the cage!
That was excellent, thank you, Kerry.
Omar’s great. He’ll be fine! Thanks!
thanks for the great story!
Thanks for reading!
Looking forward to the print version. Let us know if there’s a “Kickstarter” or something.
If you do go a bit “George Lucas” on your old work, maybe offer a print version of the “theatrical version” too for those of us who liked it just like it is.
Interesting thought!
Love how you invented your own mythos and just followed it. Would buy as a collection: art and story was fun throughout. Be interesting as a collection since you designed most pages to have a punch. How would the script have been different if people were going to read in one sitting? Loved that it ended in a redemption, of sorts.
Thanks, John! I would like to do a somewhat “abridged” version for print. We’ll see. We currently live in odd times–
Congratulations on finishing it!
Thank you!
Great fun! Congratulations on finishing it. I love your work, and hope you can do a dead-tree edition someday.
Thanks! I plan to try a paper collection sometime when the world’s not as crazy. 🙂